QUASAR| A Flood of Ideas
A Flood of Ideas
Project Thias
Summary
Many disasters are happening today. Floods are one of the most damaging of these. We believe that in order to effectively reduce and prevent flood damage, the risks should be anticipated and this issue should be viewed from a broad perspective. For this, we started the Thias project. Thias is a system that collects information on this subject, makes it accessible and enables regional evaluations outside of them.
How We Addressed This Challenge
1-Accessible Information
Our project collects a lot of data on different subjects from different data sources, finds and shows their common points. Thanks to this, it provides people who can give an idea about this topic from a broader perspective.
2-Identifying The Risk
Our project determines the risk in a region in advance thanks to the grading system and ensures that measures are taken to reduce the damage of the problem before it occurs. The main purpose of this is to direct people to important problems and to set priorities.
How We Developed This Project
The Need
When we first started to investigate the subject, we encountered some difficulties regarding the subject. The most notable of these was that the impact of floods generally affected too many different factors. However, the problem is not the lack of solutions, but we saw the need for a solution that combines all issues under a single roof, although there are many solutions for every issue.
The Free Data
When we examined the problems, we noticed that the solutions are old and do not contain innovations in general. In most solutions, we added factors such as satellite data that can be used in general.
The Warnings
When we looked at the world in general, we realized that in disasters, more attention is given to post-disaster measures rather than pre-disaster measures, therefore we thought that we should develop a system to determine the risk situations of the regions.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
One of the main issues this project focuses on is the modernization of solutions and bringing innovations. Therefore, we decided to add these data to better understand the problems and when they can be added to solutions.
Project Demo
Project Thias: https://youtu.be/UchPqgDxs8w
Project Website: http://thias.co/
Data & Resources
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/toolkits/floods/default.html
https://geo-floodrisk-nasa.opendata.arcgis.com/
https://www.unisdr.org/files/54970_techguidancefdigitalhr.pdf
https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/189020/e96853.pdf
https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/
https://floodmap.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/getTile.php?location=020E040N
https://disasters.nasa.gov/floods
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016920461830286X
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91573/deadly-debris-flows-in-montecito
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
https://www.ncforestservice.gov/managing_your_forest/pdf/flooddamagetotrees1994.pdf
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Methanogens
https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2018-01-09-california-flooding-debris-flows-burnareas
https://albertawater.com/what-are-the-consequences-of-flooding/economic
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325538814_Flood_Damage_Assessment_in_Urban_Areas
http://daad.wb.tu-harburg.de/tutorial/integrated-flood-management-ifm-policy-and-planning-aspects/social-aspects-and-stakeholder-involvement/social-aspects/negative-socio-economic-impacts-of-floods/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212567115016810
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420918301122
https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/62318
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257343529_The_Benefits_of_Flood_and_Coastal_Risk_Management_A_Manual_of_Assessment_Techniques
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01031.x
http://earth.esa.int/hydrospace07/participants/77039/pres_77039.pdf
https://disasters.nasa.gov/programs/aria
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00783552/document